Blog - Karen Daugerdas

Buying a Home, Home Equity, Real Estate Sales, Selling Your Home, Seniors

Pay cash for your new home? It may not be just a dream!

Did you ever think you could pay cash for your new home? Thanks to recent home price appreciation, homeowners have near record amounts of equity, which simply is the difference between what you owe on your home & what your home is worth. On average, homeowners have $311K worth of equity. Once you sell, you […]
Real Estate Market, Seniors, Uncategorized

Is America’s Housing Market Failing Older Adults?

The US population is aging. Within the next decade, older adults will outnumber children for the first time in American history. As Americans live longer, their housing needs will change, but our current housing market is ill prepared for this demographic shift, according to Linna Zhu and Amalie Zinn of Urban Wire/Institute. Today, senior households—many of whom are […]
Uncategorized

Apply for Property Tax Exemptions NOW!

Exemption applications for the 2024 tax year are now available online. Exemptions are savings that contribute to lowering a homeowner’s property tax bill. The most common is the Homeowner Exemption, saving a property owner an average of $950 dollars each year. As a reminder, exemptions are reflected on the second installment property tax bill, so […]
Selling Your Home

Staging Your Home for Sale

When staging your home for sale, where do you start? Highlight your home’s strengths, downplay its weaknesses, and appeal to the greatest possible pool of prospective buyers. Curb Appeal First impressions matter, so make your home stand out the instant buyers pull up to the curb. Trim bushes, edge. Pressure wash Paint the front door […]